Ibis skeleton
Date
1805
Creator
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical study of the skeleton of the African sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus, a bird native to Africa.
The accompanying note states that: ‘In our present number we have given a skeleton of this antient sacred bird of the Egyptians. An engraving of the bird itself, accompanied with a description, was given in our eighth volume.
Plate 8, illustrating the paper: ‘Memoir of a new genus of mammalia called Hydromis. By E. Geoffroy. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.23, (1805) pp.328-334.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl. V. Vol XXIII.’. Inscribed below: ‘Skeleton of an Ibis, from a Mummy at Thebes.’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
The accompanying note states that: ‘In our present number we have given a skeleton of this antient sacred bird of the Egyptians. An engraving of the bird itself, accompanied with a description, was given in our eighth volume.
Plate 8, illustrating the paper: ‘Memoir of a new genus of mammalia called Hydromis. By E. Geoffroy. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.23, (1805) pp.328-334.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl. V. Vol XXIII.’. Inscribed below: ‘Skeleton of an Ibis, from a Mummy at Thebes.’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
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